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Recensione a Nicolaus De Valle, Hesiodi Ascraei Opera et dies, edición crítica por J. Lopez Zamora, Genève, Droz, 2020, pp. XVIII-246
2021
Recensione a Nicolaus De Valle, Hesiodi Ascraei Opera et dies, edición crítica por J. Lopez Zamora, Genève, Droz, 2020. Si tratta della prima edizione critica, con ampia introduzione e commento, della versione latina de Le Opere e i Giorni di Esiodo, composta dall'umanista romano Niccolò Della Valle nel 1462. Il volume è stato pubblicato nel 2020 all'interno della collana Travaux d’Humanisme et Renaissance della casa editrice Droz di Ginevra. Review to Nicolaus De Valle, Hesiodi Ascraei Opera et dies, edición crítica por J. Lopez Zamora, Genève, Droz, 2020. This is the first critical edition, with an extensive introduction and commentary, of the Latin version of Hesiod's Works and Days, com…
Development of procedures for programmable proximity aperture lithography
2013
Abstract Programmable proximity aperture lithography (PPAL) with MeV ions has been used in Jyvaskyla and Chiang Mai universities for a number of years. Here we describe a number of innovations and procedures that have been incorporated into the LabView-based software. The basic operation involves the coordination of the beam blanker and five motor-actuated translators with high accuracy, close to the minimum step size with proper anti-collision algorithms. By using special approaches, such writing calibration patterns, linearisation of position and careful backlash correction the absolute accuracy of the aperture size and position, can be improved beyond the standard afforded by the repeata…
Simulations with Standardized Patients for Nursing Students in Preparation for Clinical Placements in Mental Health Care
2021
Abstract Background Nursing students often express uncertainty about clinical placement in a mental health care setting. Simulation with standardized patients may provide an opportunity for students to explore clinical situations in mental health nursing before their clinical placement, thereby increasing these students’ overall satisfaction and confidence levels with regard to mental health nursing. Method A qualitative descriptive design was selected. Twenty-four undergraduate nursing students participated in four focus-group interviews after mental health simulations with standardized patients were conducted. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. Results Three main themes were …
The double embarrassment: Understanding the actions of nursing staff in an unexpected situation
2013
A nursing home is a complex multifactorial environment that influences the decisions and actions of nursing staff. Many of the actions performed by nursing staff appear to be straightforward or simple because they are repetitive, encompassing everyday activities such as helping a resident to get up in the morning, shower or get dressed. These daily activities are usually performed smoothly as part of normal care. This article draws on ethnographic data from a study of caring practices in a nursing home with the aim of investigating how a seemingly ordinary, but unexpected, event can develop into a chaotic situation. Staff appeared to have difficulty managing the situation, and they seemed t…
Validity of the Play Assessment for Group Settings: An evaluation of differential item functioning between children with specific language impairment…
2011
Aim: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the validity evidence based on internal structure of the Play Assessment for Group Settings (PAGS). Methods: The study was conducted in day care centres by comparing observations of the free play performance of two groups of children: those with specific language impairments (SLIs) (n = 55) and those with typical language development (n = 55). The participating children were 3 to 6.5 years of age. Data were subjected to many-faceted Rasch analyses and differential item functioning analysis was conducted to identify possible group-specific items in the PAGS. The effect of differentially functioning items on mean play performance measurements b…
Seawater carbonate chemistry and somatic and otolith growth relationship of Symphodus ocellatus
2019
Ocean acidification (OA) may have varied effects on fish eco-physiological responses. Most OA studies have been carried out in laboratory conditions without considering the in situ pCO2/pH variability documented for many marine coastal ecosystems. Using a standard otolith ageing technique, we assessed how in situ ocean acidification (ambient, versus end-of-century CO2 levels) can affect somatic and otolith growth, and their relationship in a coastal fish. Somatic and otolith growth rates of juveniles of the ocellated wrasse Symphodus ocellatus living off a Mediterranean CO2 seep increased at the high-pCO2 site. Also, we detected that slower-growing individuals living at ambient pCO2 levels …
Programmatūras Definētas Tīklošanas tehnoloģijas darbības principi
2017
Līdz ar mākoņpakalpojumu sniedzēju un datortīklu skaita straujo pieaugumu, datortīklu prasības to projektēšanā un pārvaldībā kļūst aiz vien lielākas. Darbā tiek apskatītas programmatūras definētas tīklošanas darbības principi (SDN). Tas ir jauns tīkla dizaina princips, kura pamatdoma ir centralizēts kontrolieris kurš pārrauga tīkla darbību, kas tiek realizēts atdalot kontroles līmeni no datu līmeņa tradicionālajās tīkla iekārtās. Darbs sastāv no četrām nodaļām, kurās tiek apskatīta SDN daudzslāņu arhitektūra, iepazīti esošie SDN kontrolieru risinājumi, protokoli kādi tiek izmantoti un aprakstīts nepieciešamais minimums, lai izveidotu SDN tīklu mājas apstākļos.
Empirical BAC factors method application to two real case studies in South Italy
2021
Abstract The application of Building Automation and Control (BAC) systems has many advantages. One of these is the reduction of the end-user electricity consumption and, if applied to lighting systems, the achievement of well-acknowledged benefits from daylight, such as productivity, health, visual comfort and well-being. Concerning the first aspect, the international Standard EN 15232 proposes the so-called BAC Factors (BF) method to assess the impact of BAC systems on the final energy consumption. The method provides a simplified estimation of the energy savings due to automation in buildings and questions arise on its applicability in some situations. For this reason, the authors have ca…
A Planning and Control System for Self-Driving Racing Vehicles
2018
Autonomous robots will soon enter our everyday life as self-driving cars. These vehicles are designed to behave according to certain sets of cooperative rules, such as traffic ones, and to respond to events that might be unpredictable in their occurrence but predictable in their nature, such as a pedestrian suddenly crossing a street, or another car losing control. As civilian autonomous cars will cross the road, racing autonomous cars are under development, which will require superior Artificial Intelligence Drivers to perform in structured but uncertain conditions. We describe some preliminary results obtained during the development of a planning and control system as key elements of an A…
Performance Analysis of a Prototype High‐Concentration Photovoltaic System Coupled to Silica Optical Fibers
2021
High-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) systems are one of the most promising technologies for the generation of renewable energy with high-conversion efficiency. Their development is still at an early stage, but the possibility of integrating high-concentration systems into buildings offers new opportunities to achieve the net-zero-energy building goal. Herein, the optical and energetic performance of a hybrid daylighting−HCPV prototype based on pure- or doped-silica optical fibers (OFs) to guide 2000× concentrated sunlight inside the buildings is evaluated. There, the light can either be used to illuminate interior spaces or projected on solar cells to generate electricity. The system equi…